Multiple pairs of the same sock is the way to go, definitely.
My dogs eat them. I’m sorry.
**Where do the socks go? **
[QUOTE=George Carlin]
Where do things go when they’re lost? You know what I think?
I think there’s a big pile of things somewhere.
I think there’s a big constantly changing pile of things that are lost. You
lose something,whoo-pop, it goes to the pile. And then you say, ‘Oh look, there
it is,’ whoowhoowhoowhoowhoowhooph. Right back from the pile. And you didn’t
even know there was a pile.
And where is the pile? In Heaven, of course...has to be in Heaven.
That’s the first thing that happens when you get to Heaven, They give you back
everything you ever lost. That’s the whole meaning of Heaven. You get back
everything; ‘Here ya’ are, 79 pairs of sunglasses, 212 cigarette lighters, 4,983
ball point pens. Here’s a jock strap we found on the Golden state freeway…it
appears to have mule hoofprints and chocolate sprinkles on it…must’ve been
quite an evening.’
[/QUOTE]
The answer, especially if you tend to overload your washer, is that they escaped one at a time over the top of the washer tub, into the overflow hose, and into the sewer.
You can keep it from happening by putting your socks into a zippered mesh “hosiery & lingerie bag” before they go in the washer.
Correct. Belly button lint is actually the residue of socks that fell into that wormhole.
I’ve been doing this for a few years now. It really cuts down on sorting time. If friends come to stay with me for a bit, I hand them a bag for their socks and one for underwear. That way they don’t get mixed up with my stuff and cause extra sorting time.